- Two windows (left and right of the screen, or top and bottom)
- Three windows (two at the top of the screen and one at the bottom, or one window at the top and
two windows at the bottom) - Four windows (two at the top of the screen and two at the bottom)
To define the window layout, issue the /WINDOW command (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> MultiWindow
Layout). If you choose the GUI path, the program displays a dialog box, in which you click on the layout
you prefer. That dialog box also contains a Display upon OK/Apply field, where you also can specify
what the ANSYS program displays next. Choices for this field are Multi-Plots,Replot, and No redisplay.
When you finish specifying your layout design, click on Apply or OK.
10.6.2. Choosing What Entities Each Window Displays
Once you have designed your window layout, you choose what entities each window will display. To
do so, use either of the following:
Command(s):/GTYPE,WN,Label,KEY
GUI: Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Multi-Plot Controls
If you use the GUI path, a dialog box appears. In its Window to edit field, click on either All window
or a specific window number (default is window 1). In the Display type field, choose either Entity plots
or Graph plots. Then, click on OK. If you choose Entity plots, another dialog box appears, listing the
types of entities available for display. (You also can choose the type of plots via the /GCMD command,
as described below.) All entity types exceptGRPH are on by default; to turn an entity type off, click on
it.
If you use the /GTYPE command, for the WN argument, either specify ALL to have all windows display
the selected entities or choose a specific window number (default is window 1). For Label, specify any
of these entity types:
- NODE (nodes)
- ELEM (elements)
- KEYP (keypoints)
- LINE (lines)
- AREA (areas)
- VOLU (volumes)
- GRPH (graph displays)
When the GRPH entity type is activated, you can display only x-y graphs, and you cannot use the /GCMD
command to issue other commands (such as /TYPE) that affect displays. (For more information about
/GCMD, see the Command Reference and Choosing the Display Used for Plots (p. 243) of this manual) If
the GRPH type is off, you can display any combination of the other solid model or finite element entity
types, and you can use /GCMD to issue other display control commands.
To turn an entity type on via the /GTYPE command, use a KEY value of 1.To turn an entity type off,
specify a KEY of 0.
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